Pack 97 Bylaws
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Parental Responsibilities and Obligations
All “off site” events – away from Christ Community Church – require mandatory parental attendance and/or participation. Parents will be notified of these events ahead of time and if the child attends without the parent, they will be turned away.
Pack 97 places an emphasis on your children's safety. Consequently, parents must walk with their children into the meeting, and come into the meeting to pick up their children. Children will not be allowed to leave the area the pack is operating in – the immediate area under adult leadership supervision – unless accompanied by their parent or legal guardian.
In the event of an emergency - where the parent is unable to pick up their child, the parent must contact cubmaster or den leader directly – by phone or in person.
Family participation is critical in the success of your son in this program.
Cub Scouting is not a 1-hour per week childcare service.
1st through 5th grade boys cannot be expected to remember all the important information that is given out at each meeting.
Parents will not understand how to help their boys if they are not involved in the program. Much of the program material must be completed at home, versus during meetings.
Parents are needed to assist the Den Leaders.
Parents make up all of our key leader and committee positions.
Parents are required to attend campouts.
Parents are expected to intervene when matters of discipline (beyond the Den Leader’s control) require their immediate attention.
Parents are the primary resource from which future leaders will be recruited.
Parents are expected to help in one way or another with the pack . We need a group of “program producers”, not just “program consumers”.
Siblings are welcome when there aren’t other child care opportunities, but they are not allowed to attend Pack events and activities without the parent being present – siblings are not to be “dropped off” with the Cub Scout.
Siblings who are Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts can work on badges and/or ranks by helping with the Cub Scout program. Siblings interested in doing so, and their parents, should speak with the Cubmaster.